circling the stars

everything i have i can do without
because i'm free
everything i love i can love out loud
cuz that's the way it has to be
everyone around needs to shout it out
if only they could see...that they are free

this is the time this is the place
there's no need to save face
everyone around wants to be like you
so show 'em what you can do...what you can do

we're all just circling the stars
we don't need these bars
we put in place to feel safe
up here in outer space
there's no one watching over you
so do what you want to do...what you want to

if you try
you can feel alive

if you wanna dance

yeah you want me to be like everybody else
but i don't wanna be like everybody else

it's alright if you wanna dance
it's alright if you wanna dance

but i'm not...

yeah you want me to be like everybody else
but i don't wanna be like everybody else

it's alright if you wanna dance
it's alright if you wanna dance

but i'm not...

i don't wanna be like everybody else

the same

there is no inside or outside
there is no sign on the wall
this is the end to the ending
after there's nothing at all

you break me up into little pieces
where is the sweetness and light
you suck me in with your beautiful lies
and then you call it a night

i wait for word from the front lines
i fear the worst but pretend
there is no inside or outside
there is no end to the end

god damn all the bullshit you sold me
god damn all your lies
i've waited so long for you
i've waited so long

we are all different

no i'm not gonna plead
no i'm not gonna bleed
no i'm not gonna leave

you...
we are not different
we are not different
we are the same
we're all the same

when i wake up

i'm waiting for someone on my shoulder
to tell me it's alright

and i feel myself gettin' older
i don't wanna lose this fight

when i lay here i see clearly
and clearly i should wait

when i wake up
i will feel like a new man

i'm waiting for something i don't know yet
to tell me things are fine

nothing i do can speed this process
it's all in my mind

so i wait...and i wait...and i wait...

go to sleep feelin' sorry for myself
it doesn't have to be this way
but i make it this way
and in the morning i've lost what i could be
if i would be at all

when i wake up
i will feel like a new man

things change

nothing i can do to break this spell
and nothing i can say...will change things
to go my way
at least i've got nothing left to lose

i'll see the leaves
change color for the first time
in my life

fading away can be so great...no more pain
but nothin still stings the same way...as something
i never had
and never will
i never will

i'll see the leaves
change color for the first time
in my life

if we fade forever
into
the background

we'll find forever
always
lets us down

we're finding out
what we're
made of

we're finding out
that nothing
is sacred

i see the leaves
change color for the first time
in my life